A very personal reflection on 2020
2020 Looking back on 2020 it is tempting to focus on negatives – there have certainly been enough of them, and it’s impossible to minimize the impact of the pandemic.…
Britain’s ‘Little Ice Age’
It's hardly surprising in the UK that we are notorious for talking about the weather, for it is nothing if not unpredictable. Take the last 2 weeks - where I…
Munro meets the Poldarks.
Now here's a thing - every writer has authors who have inspired them, whose work they admire and whom they would like to be compared to. For me, one of…
A first for me – a feature in a German newspaper
Yesterday a link dropped onto my FB author page which, once I'd realised it was a link (several hours and someone's comment later) took me straight to an article in a German…
Where’s My Plaid? – Lovely new review for Turn of the Tide
Sometimes you get one of those reviews that really lifts your spirits and you know that what you've written has given a lot of enjoyment to a reader - this…
When History came to Life – Scotland’s History Festival 2014
After many years as the ‘Cinderella’ subject, history has been making a comeback. Authors of historical fiction are beating all comers in the big prize stakes, our TV schedules are…
Escape to the Country – then and now…
I have to confess to a mild (my husband would say serious) and long-standing addiction to house programmes on the TV – buying houses, selling houses, renovating houses…even cleaning houses.…
Charles I and a very small coffin…
It isn’t every day I find an intriguing little snippet, but today was one of those days. This article tells the tale of the finding and opening of Charles I’s…
My Writing Year – 2014
Due to circumstances beyond my control (genuinely and very frustratingly) I found myself unable to continue with the sequel to Turn of the Tide in the first half of 2014.…
Books for a wet and windy night?
Last night it poured. Most of the night in fact, which in my house doesn't lend itself to a good night's sleep as we sleep under the eaves and have…
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